com.drew.metadata.iptc
Class IptcDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor
      com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IptcDescriptor
extends TagDescriptor

Provides human-readable string represenations of tag values stored in a IptcDirectory. As the IPTC directory already stores values as strings, this class simply returns the tag's value.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

_directory

Constructor Summary

IptcDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Summary

String	getByLineDescription()
String	getByLineTitleDescription()
String	getCaptionDescription()
String	getCategoryDescription()
String	getCityDescription()
String	getCopyrightNoticeDescription()
String	getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()
String	getCreditDescription()
String	getDateCreatedDescription()
String	getDescription(int tagType) Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image.
String	getHeadlineDescription()
String	getKeywordsDescription()
String	getObjectNameDescription()
String	getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()
String	getOriginatingProgramDescription()
String	getProvinceOrStateDescription()
String	getRecordVersionDescription()
String	getReleaseDateDescription()
String	getReleaseTimeDescription()
String	getSourceDescription()
String	getSpecialInstructionsDescription()
String	getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()
String	getTimeCreatedDescription()
String	getUrgencyDescription()
String	getWriterDescription()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IptcDescriptor

public IptcDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription(int tagType)

Description copied from class: TagDescriptor

Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image. Where possible, known values will be substituted here in place of the raw tokens actually kept in the Exif segment. If no substitution is available, the value provided by getString(int) will be returned.

This and getString(int) are the only 'get' methods that won't throw an exception.

Specified by:

getDescription in class TagDescriptor

Parameters:

tagType - the tag to find a description for

Returns:

a description of the image's value for the specified tag, or null if the tag hasn't been defined.

getByLineDescription

public String getByLineDescription()

getByLineTitleDescription

public String getByLineTitleDescription()

getCaptionDescription

public String getCaptionDescription()

getCategoryDescription

public String getCategoryDescription()

getCityDescription

public String getCityDescription()

getCopyrightNoticeDescription

public String getCopyrightNoticeDescription()

getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription

public String getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()

getCreditDescription

public String getCreditDescription()

getDateCreatedDescription

public String getDateCreatedDescription()

getHeadlineDescription

public String getHeadlineDescription()

getKeywordsDescription

public String getKeywordsDescription()

getObjectNameDescription

public String getObjectNameDescription()

getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription

public String getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()

getOriginatingProgramDescription

public String getOriginatingProgramDescription()

getProvinceOrStateDescription

public String getProvinceOrStateDescription()

getRecordVersionDescription

public String getRecordVersionDescription()

getReleaseDateDescription

public String getReleaseDateDescription()

getReleaseTimeDescription

public String getReleaseTimeDescription()

getSourceDescription

public String getSourceDescription()

getSpecialInstructionsDescription

public String getSpecialInstructionsDescription()

getSupplementalCategoriesDescription

public String getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()

getTimeCreatedDescription

public String getTimeCreatedDescription()

getUrgencyDescription

public String getUrgencyDescription()

getWriterDescription

public String getWriterDescription()